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Representing Aurora, Naperville, and Warrenville

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Straw Poll results

On June 22, 2019, The Naperville Democrats held our annual summer fundraiser. As part of the fundraiser, we conducted a straw poll where we asked everyone to vote (with their dollars) for their favorite Democratic Presidential candidate. All were encourage to “Vote Early and Vote Often”. There was some stuffing of the ballot box. Below are the results:

Candidate

$

percent

Michael Bennet

U.S. senator from Colorado

0

Joe Biden

former vice president of the United States

16

10.26%

Bill de Blasio

mayor of New York City

0

Cory Booker

U.S. senator from New Jersey

0

Steve Bullock

governor of Montana

1

0.64%

Pete Buttigieg

mayor of South Bend, Indiana

6

3.85%

Julián Castro

former U.S. secretary of HUD and San Antonio mayor

0

John Delaney

former U.S. representative from Maryland

0

Tulsi Gabbard

U.S. representative from Hawaii

1

0.64%

Kirsten Gillibrand

U.S. senator from New York

0

Mike Gravel

former U.S. senator from Alaska

0

Kamala Harris

U.S. senator from California

5

3.21%

John Hickenlooper

former governor of Colorado

0

Jay Inslee

governor of Washington

0

Amy Klobuchar

U.S. senator from Minnesota

0

Wayne Messam

mayor of Miramar, Florida

1

0.64%

Seth Moulton

U.S. representative from Massachusetts

0

Beto O’Rourke

former U.S. representative from Texas

0

Tim Ryan

U.S. representative from Ohio

1

0.64%

Bernie Sanders

U.S. senator from Vermont

58

37.18%

Eric Swalwell

U.S. representative from California

0

Elizabeth Warren

U.S. senator from Massachusetts

34

21.79%

Marianne Williamson

an author and lecturer

0

Andrew Yang

an entrepreneur and author from New York

33

21.15%

Bernie Sanders was the winner with the most money collected (there were $20 bills included). However, if we instead counted the number of bills used to vote. Here are the top vote-getters:

Candidate

votes (bills)

percent

Elizabeth Warren

26

35.62%

Andrew Yang

14

19.18%

Bernie Sanders

12

16.44%

Joe Biden

6

8.22%

Pete Buttigieg

6

8.22%

Kamala Harris

5

6.85%

Elizabeth Warren received the most votes (number of bills).

We also voted for the whether President Trump should be impeached. Here are the results:

Impeach – YES 15 votes

Impeach – NO 1 vote

Not sure this has any indication of the outcome in the primaries, but it was fun (and thank you for the contributions to our organization).